Advances in Care
Episodes
2025 Year in Review: Revisiting the Top Takeaways from Advances in Care
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the final episode of 2025, host Erin Welsh is joined by Courtney Allison, host of NewYork-Presbyterian’s health and wellness podcast, Health Matt...
Revisiting the Network Effect: Analyzing Brain Structures to Treat Depression
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For any patient diagnosed with depression for the first time, the recommended course of treatment is the same: a medication like a selective serotonin...
Revisiting Deep Learner: Building AI to Improve Cardiovascular Care
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode from the Advances in Care archives, Dr. Pierre Elias sits down with Catherine Price to talk about how utilizing technologies like arti...
Revisiting Surgical Robot: Advancing Medicine with Robot-Assisted Technology
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With perspectives spanning hepatobiliary, gynecologic, and cardiac surgeries, NewYork-Presbyterian’s Dr. Jason Hawksworth (Columbia), Dr. Tamatha Fe...
Revisiting Heartmaker: Revolutionizing Pediatric Heart Surgery
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine Price and Dr. Emile Bacha, Chief of the Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia discuss the his...
Revisiting Team Doc: Engineering a Better Recovery
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Chris Ahmad knows firsthand how devastating an untimely injury can be for a young athlete. In this episode from the Advances in Care archives, Dr....
Part 2: Innovating These NYC Emergency Departments to Address the Mental Health Epidemic
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Advances in Care, we return to the high-intensity environment of New York City’s emergency departments with Dr. Angela Mills and ...
Part 1: Managing the Complexity of NewYork-Presbyterian’s High Volume Emergency Departments
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh hears from two emergency department chiefs at NewYork-Presbyterian about how they optimize operat...
Revisiting Reproductive Researcher: Decoding the Science of Perinatal Mood Disorders
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When her own experience with a complicated pregnancy reignited an interest in medicine and science, Dr. Lauren Osborne left her career in publishing t...
Building an AI-Powered System to Improve Fertility Success
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh speaks with Dr. Zev Williams, Chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility a...
Solving Long Term Side Effects of Chemotherapy Cancer Treatments
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh hears from Dr. Meghna Trivedi, an oncologist at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia, who is spearhe...
Pioneering a First in Robotic Liver Transplant
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh hears from Dr. Juan P. Rocca, a transplant surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medi...
Rise in Early-Onset Colon Cancer Being Studied Through Single-Cell Sequencing
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh and Dr. Joel Gabre, a gastroenterologist at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia who specializes in ...
How GLP-1s Provide New Options to Manage Heart Disease
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh talks to Dr. David Majure, a cardiologist and heart failure specialist at NewYork-Presbyterian an...
Developing Precise Diagnostics for this Common Genetic Heart Disease
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh and cardiologist Dr. Diala Steitieh discuss the current landscape of care for hypertrophic cardio...
A Landmark Surgery that Saved Three Children with One Heart
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh talks to Dr. Andrew Goldstone and Dr. David Kalfa, pediatric cardiac surgeons at NewYork-Presbyte...
Preventing Unnecessary C-Sections through Labor Induction Research
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh and Dr. Moeun Son, OB/GYN and Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weil...
Innovating Shoulder Surgery through Tendon Transfers
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh and Dr. Karan Dua, an orthopedic surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia, discuss novel appr...
Exploring Psychedelics as the Next Wave of Psychiatric Innovation
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh first hears from Dr. Richard Friedman, a clinical psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian and Direct...
Detecting Parkinson’s Disease Sooner with Biomarker Research
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh and Dr. Serge Przedborski, Chief of the Division of Movement Disorders at NewYork-Presbyterian an...
Newborn Gene Sequencing: Expanding Early Detection of Treatable Diseases
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh explores the story behind the GUARDIAN study, where thousands of newborn babies have been screene...
How Gene Therapies are Revolutionizing Care for Sickle Cell Disease
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh and Dr. Markus Mapara, Director of the Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cell Therapy Program ...
Advancing Cardiology and Heart Surgery Through a History of Collaboration
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Advances in Care, host Erin Welsh and Dr. Craig Smith, Chair of the Department of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyter...
Advances in Care is Back
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join host Erin Welsh as she talks with NewYork-Presbyterian physicians from Columbia & Weill Cornell Medicine about how they are solving some of the m...
Introducing Health Matters: How the Gut is the Connection Between Digestive Health and Mental Health
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Health Matters, Faith Salie talks with Dr. Benjamin Lebwohl, a gastroenterologist at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia. He’s also...
Getting Ahead of Cancer: The Life-Saving Power of Cascade Genetic Testing
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Melissa Frey, a gynecologic oncologist at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine, has a genuine passion for the power of genetic testing ...
Expert Experience: Achieving Greater Success in Lung Transplantation Through Access & Innovation
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The field of lung transplantation is relatively new with widespread lung transplants beginning in the early 1980s. Throughout the last forty years, it...
Cracking the Code: Sequencing the Hodgkin Lymphoma Genome to Uncover New Precision Therapies
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2012, Dr. Lisa Roth had just landed her dream job as a research scientist and attending physician at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicin...
Data Mining: Using Machine Learning for Predictive Neurocritical Care
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Monitoring patients with aneurysmal rupture for delayed cerebral ischemia was historically a numbers game. It was difficult for doctors to predict out...
Connecting Cardio & Cancer: Mitigating Cardiotoxicity with Optimized Treatment Strategies
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As methods for early cancer detection improve and the number of cancer survivors rises, the innovative field of cardio-oncology has emerged to ensure ...
The Surgical Robot: Advancing Medicine with Robot-Assisted Technology
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With perspectives spanning hepatobiliary, gynecologic, and cardiac surgeries, NewYork-Presbyterian’s Dr. Jason Hawksworth (Columbia), Dr. Tamatha Fe...
Joint Effort: A Collaborative Surgery Revolutionizing Hip Preservation
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Christian and Dr. Van de Velde’s backgrounds are a complementary combination. At their clinic, they see, diagnose, and determine treatment for t...
Reimagining Research: Enhancing Cardiac Care for Underrepresented Populations
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mario Gaudino is a cardiac surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine and the Director of the Joint Clinical Trials Office at Weill Co...
Delivering Transformation: Reducing Maternal Mortality through Systemic Change
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It has been widely reported over the past ten to fifteen years that maternal mortality and morbidity in the US is on the rise. Dr. Dena Goffman has ma...
A Move to Minimal: Improving Recovery with Less Invasive Spine Surgery
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As a doctor trained in both minimally invasive and open approach surgery, Dr. Chan is very familiar with comprehensive spinal care. But there are aspe...
The Network Effect: Analyzing Brain Structures to Treat Depression
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For any patient diagnosed with depression for the first time, the recommended course of treatment is the same: a medication like a selective serotonin...
Against the Odds: Improving Survival for Children with Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Christopher Petit is the co-director of the Children's Heart Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and division chief ...
Advances in Care
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen in as science journalist Catherine Price speaks with physicians from Columbia & Weill Cornell Medicine who are pushing the leading edge of clin...
Heart Healer: Pioneering Treatments for Heart Failure for Longer Life Expectancy
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Heart failure impacts more than 8 million people in the United States today, but with the right treatments, the course of the disease can be corrected...
The Gene Messenger: Advancing Neurological Gene Therapy
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After establishing that neurological gene therapy can help address brain cells damaged by Parkinson’s, Dr. Michael Kaplitt and his team have set the...
The Matchmaker: Creating New Pathways for Kidney Transplantation
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the United States today, there are over 110,000 people waiting for an organ transplant. And, Dr. Sandip Kapur says, 92% of those patients are waiti...
Mind Seeker: Exploring the Recovery of Consciousness
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Whether a patient will ultimately recover from an unconscious state after brain injury isn’t easy to predict– yet. But Dr. Jan Claassen is working...
Cancer Crusader: Challenging the Current State of Gynecologic Cancer
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Inspired by her beloved aunt, Dr. Onyinye Balogun began her medical career with a mission in mind: to mitigate the suffering that people with cancer e...
Reproductive Researcher: Decoding the Science of Perinatal Mood Disorders
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When her own experience with a complicated pregnancy reignited an interest in medicine and science, Dr. Lauren Osborne left her career in publishing t...
The Psychologists: Focusing on the Treatment of Youth Anxiety
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Clinical psychologists Dr. Anne Marie Albano and Dr. Shannon Bennett are no strangers to the trials of social anxiety, both citing formative experienc...
Deep Learner: Building AI to Improve Cardiovascular Care
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Pierre Elias sits down with Catherine Price to talk about how utilizing technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning can help di...
The Team Doc: Engineering a Better Recovery
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Chris Ahmad knows firsthand how devastating an untimely injury can be for a young athlete. In this episode, Dr. Ahmad discusses how his own colleg...
The Visionary: Seeing the Future of Spine Surgery
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Roger Härtl is no stranger to forging new ground in neurosurgery. In this episode, Dr. Härtl and Host Catherine Price discuss how far navigati...
The Genetic Detective: Solving the Mysteries of Genetic Disease
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Wendy Chung's childhood fascination with puzzles and mysteries gives her an edge when it comes to solving the mysteries of genetic diseases. In co...
Heartmaker: Revolutionizing Pediatric Heart Surgery
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Catherine Price and Dr. Emile Bacha, Chief of the Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia discuss th...
Welcome to Advances in Care
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join science journalist Catherine Price as she sits down with top physicians from NewYork-Presbyterian hospital to discuss advances in their latest re...